Hindcasting nitrogen deposition to determine an ecological critical load

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 433-439

  Baron, Jill S ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine lakes; Atmospheric nitrogen deposition; Critical load; Ecological change threshold; Hindcasting; Loch Vale, Colorado, USA; Rocky Mountain National Park, USA

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CRITICAL LOAD; DEPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HINDCASTING; NITROGEN; STUDY METHOD BY APPROACH;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; UNITED STATES;

COLORADO; LOCH VALE; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33646125621     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[0433:HNDTDA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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